Standards
Demonstrate basic locomotor skills through moving forward, backward, and sideways in both straight and curved lines to varied tempos.
Generate resourceExplore using different parts of the body to execute the same non-locomotor/axial movements in personal space. Use directional changes: forward, backward, sideward, downward.
Generate resourceDemonstrate the ability to make shapes at low, middle, and high levels using selected locomotor and nonlocomotor/axial movements.
Generate resourceRespond in general space to tempo changes as dictated by a drum beat, changing direction as the tempo changes.
Generate resourceIsolate body parts. Continue working with single focus. Introduce multi-focus.
Generate resourceUsing locomotor movements, demonstrate change of direction working with a partner holding one hand; two hands when the movement allows. Students demonstrate the ability to work alone.
Generate resourceWith musical accompaniment, demonstrate the ability to make a dance sentence that has beginning, middle, and end in personal and general spaces using axial and locomotor movements.
Generate resourceExplore, improvise, discover, and invent movement to solve movement problems.
Generate resourceDemonstrate the ability to design a movement sequence using factors of the elements of time, space, and force.
Generate resourceStudents will be introduced to the use of a camera to record movement and given an explanation of the use of tracking.
Generate resourceDemonstrate the ability to design a movement study of basic locomotor movements, and combinations of locomotor movements using movement elements.
Generate resourceSelect a human movement associated with a favorite sport or familiar work, execute the movement, and then change the movement so that it becomes dance-like.
Generate resourceStudents attend a dance concert or are participants in a children's concert. Discuss the experience.
Generate resourceDemonstrate the ability to create a dance study to present to peers, then analyze and discuss the process used.
Generate resourceDemonstrate the ability to create a movement sentence and change same using selected elements of dance. Give reasons for choices made.
Generate resourceStudents learn two social dances, such as the twist and the waltz, and discuss the similarities and differences in terms of one of the elements of dance.
Generate resourceStudents observe dance movie to discover movements used in sports. Students will demonstrate sport movements and abstract the inherent movement. Are able to discuss differences.
Generate resourceAsk parents or some other adult about dances done in their community when they were younger. Ask if the person will teach you the dance and tell you about it. Share your findings with your classmates.
Generate resourceStudents define and discuss the importance of habits, identify good health and safety practices, and discuss how they affect the ability to dance well.
Generate resourceDemonstrate the ability to create a dance based on the life cycle of a plant or animal.
Generate resourceRespond to a dance film by demonstrating the ability to create using another art form, and explain the connections between the dance and their response to it.
Generate resourceSing and play in a small group with accurate pitch, intonation, rhythm, and technique within various music contexts.
Generate resourceSing and play with understanding, expressively with appropriate dynamics, phrasing and interpretation.
Generate resourceBlend timbres and match dynamic levels in the group in response to the cues of the conductor.
Generate resourcePlay instrumental parts independently while other students sing a contrasting part.
Generate resourceUse a system to read quarter notes and rests, eighth notes and rests, half notes and rests, whole notes and rests.
Generate resourceCreate through exploration, improvisation, and composition, rhythmic and melodic ostinati accompaniments.
Generate resourceCreate through exploration, improvisation, and composition, answers that are rhythmic and melodic.
Generate resourceCreate through exploration, improvisation, and composition, melodic embellishments on familiar melodies.
Generate resourceUse a variety of traditional and non-traditional sound sources and electronic media when composing, arranging, and improvising appropriate to 4th grade.
Generate resourceAdd vocal, instrumental, and physical responses to a selection presented in 4th grade.
Generate resourceIdentify theme and variation, coda, D.S. (Del Segno), D.C. (Da Capo), and other forms when presented aurally.
Generate resourceUse invented or standard notation to transcribe increasingly difficult rhythms and melodies.
Generate resourceDescribe the music performed and presented in 4th grade by moving, drawing, or through other appropriate responses.
Generate resourceIn small groups, use music vocabulary to analyze, describe, and evaluate music.
Generate resourceDevise student-created criteria for objective evaluation of performances and compositions
Generate resourceUse music vocabulary and aesthetic vocabulary to describe personal response to music.
Generate resourceDescribe distinguishing instrumentation of music genres and styles from various cultures.
Generate resourceDescribe how elements of music are used in examples from world cultures, using music performed and presented in 4th grade.
Generate resourceDemonstrate audience appropriate behavior for the context and style of music presented and performed in 4th grade.
Generate resourceObserve and identify similarities and differences in the meanings of common vocabulary used in the various 4th grade arts.
Generate resourceObserve and identify cross-curricular connections within the 4th grade curriculum.
Generate resourceCreate and demonstrate vocal expression to support the playing of a character.
Generate resourceMake artistic choices regarding character, environment, and situation that support the creation of a classroom dramatization.
Generate resourceCreate simple scenery, costumes, sound, and props in the dramatic process.
Generate resourceCompromise with peers in small group decision making about artistic design choices.
Generate resourceBuild skills to critique self and others in a respectful and constructive manner.
Generate resourceCompare and contrast different presentations from the same time period or cultural context.
Generate resourceDiscuss the similarities and differences between live and recorded theatrical events.
Generate resourceCreate artistic projects that show how ideas and emotions are expressed in everyday life.
Generate resourceDemonstrate control and safe use of technologies with environmental awareness.
Generate resourceAnalyze and reflect on the elements of art and design to communicate ideas.
Generate resourceSynthesize the use of a variety of materials, techniques, and processes to problem solve in the creation of art.
Generate resourceSynthesize knowledge of elements of art and principles of design to creatively communicate ideas.
Generate resourceAnalyze and collaborate how artists express ideas through the use of visual culture, global perspective, and symbols in works of art.
Generate resourceAnalyze and reflect on the uses of subject matter, symbols, and ideas to express and communicate meaning in artwork.
Generate resourceDiscuss and debate how artists from various cultures convey ideas differently.
Generate resourceIncorporate the uses of different technologies to show artistic expression through an original artwork.
Generate resourceReflect and discuss the visual structures and functions used in personal artwork.
Generate resourceRecognize that artwork may serve functional purposes, be purely decorative, or serve multiple purposes.
Generate resourceCompare how global and cultural diversity elicits differing responses.
Generate resourceAnalyze how art can be a reflection of society and a response to real world experiences.
Generate resourceDescribe how artwork communicates facts and/or experiences of various cultures.
Generate resourceCompare and contrast the visual elements contained in the artwork of particular cultures.
Generate resourceEvaluate the interrelationship between design, trends, events, and the economics of a culture.
Generate resourceAnalyze various uses of art globally, in media, business, technology, and industry.
Generate resourceRecognize, analyze, and describe connections among the arts; between the arts and other disciplines; between the arts and everyday life.
Generate resourceUnderstand, analyze, and describe the arts in their historical, social, and cultural contexts.
Generate resourceUnderstand, analyze, and describe the arts in their historical, social, and cultural contexts.
Generate resourceRecognize, analyze, and describe connections among the arts; between the arts and other disciplines; between the arts and everyday life.
Generate resourceRecognize, analyze, and describe connections among the arts; between the arts and other disciplines; between the arts and everyday life.
Generate resourceUnderstand, analyze, and describe the arts in their historical, social, and cultural contexts.
Generate resourceRecognize, analyze, and describe connections among the arts; between the arts and other disciplines; between the arts and everyday life.
Generate resourceUnderstand, analyze, and describe the arts in their historical, social, and cultural contexts.
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